Essential medical genetics
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Essential medical genetics
Blackwell Science, c1997
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Essential Medical Genetics gives a balanced introduction to the basic principles of genetics and how it is applied to the understanding and treatment of diseases with a genetic component. Divided into two sections, basic principles and clinical applications, it covers the information that medical students are taught at preclinical and clinical level. This book has been written for those whom an understanding of modern medical genetics is important in their practice as clinicians, scientists, councellors and teachers.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Basic Principles: 1. Medical Genetics in Perspective
- 2. Nucleic Acid Structure and Function
- 3. DNA Analysis
- 4. Chromosomes
- 5. Gametogenesis
- 6. Chromosome Aberrations
- 7. Autosomal Inheritance
- 8. Sex-Linked Inheritance
- 9. Genomics
- 10. Non-Mendelain Inheritance
- 11. Medical Genetics in Populations
- Part 2: Clinical Applications: 12. Genetic Assessment and Counselling
- 13. Chromosomal Disorders
- 14. Single Gene Disorders
- 15. Immunogenetics
- 16. Genetics of Common Diseases
- 17. Cancer Genetics
- 18. Congenital Malformations
- 19. Prenatal Diagnosis
- 20. Population Screening
- 21. Prevention and Treatment
- Answers to Figure Questions
- Further Reading
- Appendices: 1. Odds and Probabilities
- 2. Applications of Bayes' Theorem
- 3. Calculation of the Coefficients of Relationship and Inbreeding
- 4. Population Genetics of Single Gene Disorders
- Glossary
- Index
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